W11 - HIT CLIP TEST
By ENC_ on March 17, 2024 9:57 am
In the 2000's the TV was flooded with ads for a lofidelity digital music toy called Hit Clips. They were cartridge based audio players that were marketed to kids so the could listen to top 40's songs for teens. Portable Mp3 players hadn't been popularized yet. It was a novelty to listen to digital music on a tiny device. CD players and the outdated cassettes were the norms.
The audio quality was awful (8bit mono 1-ish minute of audio max) with a ton of background noise. In my childhood I never owned one as they always seemed like an expensive gimmick. Used to make fun of these commercials.
A few years ago I learned of a version of the toy that could also record and I became interested in how it could be used as a lofi processor. I found one and played with it once and put it in a drawer for a few years. Rediscovered it this week and put it to the test on some drum machines.
The song started promising but I could not secure a interesting direction and burnt myself out by overlistening rather the just continuing to move forward when i had momentum. Finished just for the sake of finishing but the result was shorter track with interesting bits but poor cohesion. Probably wont work on this one again. Throw it in the bin. might need a break for a while. Happy to let it go. don't want to torture myself anymore with it. Week lopsided with a low ambient sense of returning mental states. Aware of it now. Maybe why more conflict. R&L Baby shower. Helped fixed A's parent's basement. Drained 15 gallons of water. Reached out to by VTC. They are going back to work but had a pleasant conversation when called about family history. Need to check in on Uncle. Family has limited timelines. Havent been working on homework. time getting harder to track. Home town a good reflection point. talked with people at party about manager struggles and tech. eye strain.
Gear Used:
Dirtywave M8
Korg Volca FM mk.ii
Roland S-1
Yahoo Hit Clips Downloader
Tascam DR-50
Gear Sampled:
Yamaha RX-11
Roland TR-09
Software Used:
Ableton 12
Izotope 10
Sound Toys Radiator
Izotope Vinyl
Recored 808, 909, and other drum machine samples into Hitclip, resampled into M8 for composition squencing. tried using scales. Volca FM alway sounds better then it is. It's a struggle to use when I work. too much extra work to program. can't be bothered with the vst editor. used haunted pad and plastic pad slots 1 and 3 and rendered down. Brought in S-1 for simplicity and subtractive voicing. needed to record seperatley as it was not rendered. exported stems and matched recording in ablteton. minor tweeks and eqing. no headphones or monitors. just visual adjustments and ozone 10's automation with insight visual monitoring. Good enough. Sick of this one. good enough for a test and practice this week. Exploration is the key.
File Name: Ableton "HITCLIPTEST" , M8 "CLIHITS",
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